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2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

0 posted 2010-12-21 05:20 AM

If wishes were horses, then beggars might ride
But not only, we would also put Bordeaux
In a bottle of dark green color,
We would put Brest in a coffeepot of sailor
And Marseille in a pencil case
Ready to tell stories of the old harbor,
We would put Reims in a paper hen
And Limoges in a china cup,
If wishes were horses, others wishes would populate
France and pride of the chateaux of the Pear,
We would put the Liberty in a poem of Eluard
And the supporters from Lens in a ball of football,
All the feelings would be held by the hand
And my neighbor would have bosoms as eraser,
We would put Strasbourg on one bateau-mouche
And all the wars in a picture of Picasso,
Guernica where tints are animals
Even the Trojan War would have lasted two days
And we would begin books with kisses,
With wishes, if if we would bottle Paris
But not only, we would repaint the Sistine Chapel
With feathers of pink or blue flamingos,
We would put mustaches to the Mona Lisa
And the surrealists would sleep in camembert cheeses,
Fortunately my mother did not marry Appolinaire,
With wishes I would have ended in calligram
At the edge of a river at the edge of a drama
Having never included that in the life
The love never builds itself with if,
Oh no, not ever, the love never likes ifs.

easy1
Senior Member

since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

1 posted 2010-12-21 08:55 AM

Very nicely composed! Whimsy when needed!

Although I don't know about repainting over Michelangelo's masterpiece, or if Love is not in at least part a logic test... nor how to save the starving horses, nor how to put those surrealists into soft cheeses somehow...

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

2 posted 2010-12-21 10:40 AM

MOST interesting 'write' !

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

3 posted 2010-12-21 07:05 PM

enjoyed

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2010-12-21 08:54 PM

Oh, I really like this, Yann...
and I think I like it, especially because
it covers the globe of mind after a good
Christmas drink...maybe Brandy...it feels
warm and fuzzy, fun and sentimental...it
feels like a peppermint stick on Christmas
eve...in a heavy cup of Cafe du Monde coffee....

it's wonderful!

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

5 posted 2010-12-26 10:21 PM

Liked the humorousness of this.

To mimic is a form of praise unless
you have no thoughts of your own

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2011-01-04 07:18 PM

A pleasure to read this creative piece of writing...one of the best I have read in 2010...James

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

7 posted 2011-01-06 02:00 AM

yann,

Bravo!

Alison

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